{"id":998,"date":"2026-06-07T18:52:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/woerthersee\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"woerthersee","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/woerthersee\/","title":{"rendered":"W\u00f6rthersee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">The W\u00f6rthersee is the largest lake in Carinthia and one of the warmest bathing lakes in the Alps; in high summer the water often exceeds 25 degrees. Fashionable resorts such as Velden and P\u00f6rtschach, lidos and a turquoise-green colour make it the most popular summer destination in the south. From the nearby Pyramidenkogel the view reaches far across the lake.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>One of the warmest bathing lakes in the Alps<\/li>\n<li>Fashionable resorts Velden and P\u00f6rtschach<\/li>\n<li>Turquoise-green, warm water<\/li>\n<li>View from the Pyramidenkogel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Size<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Carinthia's largest lake<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Water temperature<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">often over 25 \u00b0C in summer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Towns<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Velden, P\u00f6rtschach, Klagenfurt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Region<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Carinthia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> By train to Klagenfurt or Velden; boat service on the lake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Bathing June to September; spring\/autumn for hiking and cycling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Public shore access partly free; lidos and boat payable (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> Popular bathing lake, full in high summer; mind boat traffic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>The lake loop is good to cycle<\/li>\n<li>Combine the Pyramidenkogel with a W\u00f6rthersee outing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>Lake W\u00f6rth is considered the warmest of the great Alpine lakes and the heart of the sun-blessed Carinthia, as the Romans called southern Carinthia. Its water reaches pleasant bathing temperatures as early as summer, which made the lake a fashionable summer retreat for the Austrian bourgeoisie and nobility in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Magnificent villas in the playful style of the so-called W\u00f6rthersee architecture arose on its shores, and places such as Velden and P\u00f6rtschach earned their reputation as a meeting point of the rich and beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>The composer Johannes Brahms spent several summers here and drew inspiration for some of his works from the cheerfulness of the landscape. On the southern shore the small peninsula with the pilgrimage church of Maria W\u00f6rth juts into the lake, a venerable sacred site whose origins reach far back into the Middle Ages. In Klagenfurt at the eastern end, the famous Lindwurm, a stone dragon, watches over the town, its legend telling of a winged monster said to have once plagued the marshes around the lake. In more recent times the lake became known to a wide public through a popular television series that brought the summer bustle on its shores into people's living rooms and cemented its reputation as a cheerful holiday region. Thus Lake W\u00f6rth combines a Mediterranean way of life with old history and legend into one of Austria's most popular summer destinations.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/mit-hund-in-den-alpen\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">With your dog in the Alps \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/hunde-ausruestung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Dog gear \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-tages-bergwanderung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Day-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Der W\u00f6rthersee ist der gr\u00f6\u00dfte See K\u00e4rntens und einer der w\u00e4rmsten Badeseen der Alpen, im Hochsommer erreicht das Wasser oft \u00fcber 25 Grad. Mond\u00e4ne Orte wie Velden und P\u00f6rtschach, Strandb\u00e4der und eine t\u00fcrkisgr\u00fcne F\u00e4rbung machen ihn zum beliebtesten Sommerziel des S\u00fcdens. Vom nahen Pyramidenkogel reicht der Blick weit \u00fcber den See. Highlights Einer der w\u00e4rmsten [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1061,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[39,75,36],"citadela-item-location":[62],"class_list":["post-998","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-ausflugsziele-sehenswuerdigkeiten","citadela-item-category-hundefreundlich","citadela-item-category-seen-baden","citadela-item-location-kaernten"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=998"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1602,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/998\/revisions\/1602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=998"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}